Mystics and Outhouses and the Devil

Teresa of Avila, 16th century mystic, is sitting in an outhouse, eating a bran muffin, while meditating.

The devil, that slanderer, defamer that he is accuses her - "Here you are madame saint, saying your prayers in an outhouse, with a bran muffin - what do you think you're doing?!"

Teresa ("Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright, all things are passing, alone God sufficeth") calmly replies:

The muffin is for me.
The prayers are my God.
All the rest is for you!

Mystics with spunk - rooted in life, soaring to the heights - take a hike defamer!

As we enter Holy week - thank God for the cross, God coming to earth, so that we might live for him and see heaven on earth, and that we may go to be with him - redeemed!!